This firmware is for "compatibility issues" nothing specific has been mentioned. Please report things that still need to be fixed, or things that have been fixed in this thread. As wit the last thread please keep things respectful and positive in this thread. Hopefully this will stay "on topic" with only users reporting back. I should have this installed tomorrow, but hopefully we can get some early reports back.

Reported (Global) Bugs:

Once Updated to Ver 1.1 the Ethernet connection fails. Falling back to 1.0 fixes this issue.

This firmware is for "compatibility issues" nothing specific has been mentioned. Please report things that still need to be fixed, or things that have been fixed in this thread. As wit the last thread please keep things respectful and positive in this thread. Hopefully this will stay "on topic" with only users reporting back. I should have this installed tomorrow, but hopefully we can get some early reports back.

Can someone please check if this new V1.1 fixed the gurgling (or motorboating) audio problem that the V1.0 firmware introduced on Ratatoulle BD DVD movie? How about the popping up angle icon in same movie, does it still pop up during the movie? Thanks!

Words of wisdom, "The more you know, the more you know that you don't know."

Paramount/Dreamworks HD DVDs: 24 fps appears to be resolved. The flickering has subsided during movie playback (confirmed on Beowulf and Disturbia)

Beowulf HD DVD: Still hangs before the web update activates. Proceeds after 30 seconds to a minute. The movie itself is still riddled with audio dropouts (dolby digital plus selected). Since this movie newly released, I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt and hope for an April fix (I'll also give support a ring and advise everyone else with the disc to do the same).

Sunshine: Played perfectly for 12 minutes. Apparently resolved.

Addendum on Sunshine: With DTS-HD selected as the audio track, fast forwarding in the film will halt video AND audio playback (though the player controls are still responsive, including movie navigation). Any other subsequent movie loaded will exhibit this same behavior until a power cycle is performed. Major software bug.

Last night, I downloaded and installed the firmware via a CD. Went well, took all of about 10 minutes.

I noticed when I went into the System Menu and selected System Update, I received the message that the unit couldn't connect to the internet. (It did connect prior to the 1.1 update). Knowing I didn't have much time last night to play around, I decided to check Meet The Robinsons.

This morning, I had a little time to play. I powered on the 5000 and let it sit. I couldn't see the unit connected to my network. Hmmm.

I reboot the 5000, and it still hasn't connected.

I set the IP address manually, and still no go. Reboot, still no go. Went back to DHCP. No go. Held down the FF button until the 5000 asked me to set the language, and tried again with DHCP. No luck.

Anything I am missing as it related to troubleshooting? I can think of any.

I am hardwired to a WGR-125, bridged to another. It was working prior to the FW 1.1 update.

Last night, I downloaded and installed the firmware via a CD. Went well, took all of about 10 minutes.

I noticed when I went into the System Menu and selected System Update, I received the message that the unit couldn't connect to the internet. (It did connect prior to the 1.1 update). Knowing I didn't have much time last night to play around, I decided to check Meet The Robinsons.

This morning, I had a little time to play. I powered on the 5000 and let it sit. I couldn't see the unit connected to my network. Hmmm.

I reboot the 5000, and it still hasn't connected.

I set the IP address manually, and still no go. Reboot, still no go. Went back to DHCP. No go. Held down the FF button until the 5000 asked me to set the language, and tried again with DHCP. No luck.

Anything I am missing as it related to troubleshooting? I can think of any.

I am hardwired to a WGR-125, bridged to another. It was working prior to the FW 1.1 update.

Looks like the 1.1 killed my network port.

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Originally Posted by kwindrem

Confirmed on my setup. Worked before, now it doesn't

Okay - has anyone tried to roll back to v1.0? I went ahead with the upgrade this morning, but did not have a chance to do any testing prior to leaving for work.

If it improves playback with issues related to Sunshine, I'll keep it on for a while.

Besides, I performed the v1.0 upgrade via a direct 10MB connection, and the 1.1 upgrade via download & burn to CD, and the 1.1 upgrade was far faster than downloading directly into the player via my LAN. ...I haven't compared the size of the firmware update which may have something to do with the speed of things, but overall I'd say that the CD upgrade method was a bit faster.

I had reported that I had repeatable dropouts on Apollo 13 SD DVD playing the DTS track in Audiophile mode (PCM mode is clean). One place that's easy to find is the chapter 4/5 chapter change. There's also one in the DTS intro! V1.1 does NOT fix this.

This problem occurs with audio via HDMI or S/PDIF. (Audiophile and Reencode modes). (Note Reencode is the same as Audiophile mode SD DVDs.)

I am currently on the phone with Level 2 support, and they are offering me a replacement. I am refusing at this time, since I am 99.9999% sure it isn't hardware, and I am not taking the chance of upgrading to 1.1 on the new one and losing the network port again. Too much of a hassle right now. I may take him up on the replacement in a few weeks.

Okay - has anyone tried to roll back to v1.0? I went ahead with the upgrade this morning, but did not have a chance to do any testing prior to leaving for work.

If it improves playback with issues related to Sunshine, I'll keep it on for a while.

Besides, I performed the v1.0 upgrade via a direct 10MB connection, and the 1.1 upgrade via download & burn to CD, and the 1.1 upgrade was far faster than downloading directly into the player via my LAN. ...I haven't compared the size of the firmware update which may have something to do with the speed of things, but overall I'd say that the CD upgrade method was a bit faster.

edit - attempting to roll back right now. Found the 1.0 CD.

and yes, the CD upgrade is faster.

roll back results -

10:56 AM PST - Able to roll back to version 1.0. Redid the system settings, and then checked for firmware update form within the 5000. Unit indicates that I have the latest firmware. My Trend Micro Internet Security now discovers the 5000. Now checking Meet the Robinsons again.

11:03 AM PST - Within the first 120 seconds of the Meet the Robinsons, I am able to reproduce the distorted sound from the Uncompressed 5.1 track. A quick pause and restart fixes it. Time for another call to Samsung.

on the phone with Level 2 support as I am upgrading again to 1.1 explaining what I can and can not do in each version.

Man this guy is a gem. I liked the first guy I talked to much better. Slower speaker (southern type accept), listened to me much more than this guy is. Sounds like he is forcing me to a repair I don't want.

What good does that do? You already have the FW--or is this an even newer FW??

Well, we shall find out. The guy did say they were sending me a 1.1 CD. Maybe Samsung released a FW to the web that was different that what is on the CD? Nothing major, but maybe the dev team sent the wrong FW to the web?

I am just happy I don't have to ship it anywhere.

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Originally Posted by LamJNS

Are they sending you the same 1.1v firmware are something entirely different?

Are they going to look into these issues?
Thanks.

Well, if I am the only one to call in, then I am sure they are NOT going to look into it until I send my unit in. So again, to those of you who have upgraded to 1.1 and the network connection is no longer functioning, please call Samsung as soon as you can.

The 2nd Level 2 guy I talked to said that he was able to access the network on both version 1.0 and 1.1.